- Literacy Skills
- Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers can support all subject areas, languages, and levels of learning. Our collections for primary (grades K-2) and intermediate (grades 3-6) are arranged according to the reading strategy, comprehension skill, or learning process they best facilitate. The majority of the organizers in both collections can be adapted for use in all classrooms and for learners of all abilities. All graphic organizer PDFs are editable for use in a digital classroom environment, or downloadable and printable so students can complete them using pen or pencil.
- More About Reading Graphic Organizers
The human brain naturally looks for connections between old and new information. Additionally, studies have shown that the brain processes information most efficiently in chunks. Graphic organizers complement both of these processes by helping students:
- Visually sort new information into familiar categories
- Analyze the relationships between old and new information
- Create a simple structure for thinking about information in new ways
- Review concepts and demonstrate understanding
Graphic organizers can be used in all phases of learning from brainstorming ideas to presenting research findings.
Teacher guidance may be necessary when using graphic organizers with early readers. As readers progress, they may benefit from completing the organizers independently.
Worksheets for Leveled Books, Serial Books, and Trade Book Lessons contain at least one graphic organizer specific to each book, but you can use any graphic organizer with any text to support comprehension.
Reading graphic organizers are translated into Spanish and French, and can be used for all grade levels.
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Outline cause-and-effect relationships
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Analyze a character's traits
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Analyze a character or person
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Distinguish between facts and opinions
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Identify a main idea and two supporting details
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Identify the problem and solution
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Identify the beginning, middle, and end
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Identify what happens first, next, then, and last
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List events in chronological order
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Compare and contrast two items or topics
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Organize information according to what students know, what they want to know, and what they learn from reading
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Organize information according to what students know, what they want to know, what they learn from reading, and what they still want to know
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Record important information about a topic
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Record prior knowledge about a topic
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Identify cause-and-effect relationships
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Analyze several aspects of a character's traits
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Analyze a character's traits
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Distinguish between facts and opinions
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Identify and support the author's purpose
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Identify the problem and solution
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Identify the beginning, middle, and ending
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Sequence events in chronological order
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Identify the main idea and supporting details
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List events in chronological order
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Compare and contrast two topics